All Dairy articles – Page 187
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Milk output high reflects investment by producers
Monthly milk production has hit a three-year high, prompting fresh hopes that the tide could be beginning to turn for the troubled British dairy industry.Wholesale deliveries in May totalled 1,238 million litres, their highest level...
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Focus On Butters & Spreads: Posh butters are on the up
As a sector, flavoured butters are a tiny but burgeoning portion of the market. Worth £5m, sales grew well ahead of the rest of the category up 4.5% on last year [Kantar].
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Focus On Butters & Spreads: A home-cooking revolution
Baking, it seems, has become the latest retro pursuit to be given a boost thanks to recession chic. Cookware specialist Lakeland says it has seen a spike in sales of its baking tins of 150% over the past two years.
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Focus On Butters & Spreads: Four to watch
A gold winner in The Grocer's Food & Drink Awards 2010, this is a healthier spread, with reduced fat and salt, that retains the taste of butter.
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NewsFocus On Butters & Spreads: Promos cut like a knife through butter
Supply shortages and demand from Asia have pushed up the wholesale cost of butter a staggering 60%. But that doesn’t mean retail prices will follow suit, says Claire Murphy
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Focus On Butters & Spreads: The healthy BSM battle rages on
As PR campaigns go, Unilever's attempt to get some column inches for its Flora brand in January this year was certainly eye-catching.
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NewsGrocer 33: Cottage cheese puts Asda back on top
Asda is back on top this week with nine cheapest items including the cottage cheese (£1), Parma ham (£1.18) and king prawns (£1.67).
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NewsKraft adds Dairy Milk to emerging markets ‘power brands’
Kraft Foods has added Dairy Milk and Trident gum to the list of ‘power brands’ on which it focuses in emerging markets.
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Focus On Free-From: Four to watch
Irish chocolatier Celtic Chocolates has launched Choices an alternative to milk chocolate that's dairy- wheat, gluten and egg-free. "You can use it anywhere that calls for milk chocolate. It combines well with everything and makes delicious confectionery," says Celtic Chocolates managing director Joe Callery.
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Müller targets snack market with launch of dessert yoghurts
Müller has launched a range of pudding-based yoghurts under its Müller Light banner.
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Aggie gets behind cleaning range using power of probiotics
They are better known for their associations with yoghurt, but probiotic bacteria are now being used in a new range of household cleaning products.The Aggie's Probiotic range fronted by How Clean Is Your House? presenter Aggie MacKenzie...
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Total enlists help of animals in new ad
Greek yoghurt brand Total is embarking on a new lighthearted ad campaign to broaden its consumer appeal.Activity will kick off this week with two 30-second commercials airing for three months on GMTV.Part of the £2m campaign spend for...
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Müller gives school kids Star treatment
Müller Dairy is rolling out a new yoghurt brand targeted at school starters who do not want to be seen eating 'babyish' products from their lunchboxes.Müller Stars is aimed at four to eight-year-olds to bridge the gap between Müller's...
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NewsDairy Crest raises stakes in cheese brands market
Dairy Crest has launched Davidstow Cheddar as a standalone brand in a bid to increase its share of the branded Cheddar market.
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Lower-waste factor boosts filtered milk
Filtered milk is experiencing a surge in popularity as shoppers wise up to its potential for cutting waste.Sales of filtered milk have shot up 16.1% by volume to 327.1 million litres [Kantar/DairyCo 52w/e 19 April 09], an increase of...
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‘Great milk robbery’ claim is attacked by processors
Dairy processors have lambasted farmers for taking a naïve view of market forces after being accused of profiteering from higher dairy commodity returns. Last week, the National Farmers' Union launched a new report, 'The Great Milk...
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The Human Angle: Mervyn McCaughey
With no two days being the same it can be eventful. We never forget we are here to make award-winning cheese for our customers with everyone involved in growing the business year-on-year.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda again beats the £50 barrier
Asda offered the highest number of cheapest items this week, including the Canada ginger ale (96p), brie (45p), green beans (96p/kg), Andrex (£1.98), and Oyster Bay sauvignon blanc (£8.62).
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NewsMüller red-faced as ‘home’ county mix-up moves its dairy to Wiltshire
Dairy giant Müller has been left red-faced after using a picture of Wiltshire to promote its Shropshire dairy roots.
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Müller swells exec ranks with Rolston and Miller
Müller Dairy has moved swiftly to plug gaps in senior roles following a period of uncertainty in its sales and marketing departments.The yoghurt maker was forced to appoint internal interim heads of both functions in March following the...